[Nexus] MERC XV: All In One Package

[Murkus]

[Kirk's Room]

Tina's up against Kirk's side, the contours of her body molded against his. She rests her head on his shoulder comfortably, for a few seconds at least, till Kirk speaks up. The dark skinned musician answers with a tinkling giggle, as though what he said were already obvious. "It's good to see you too, sugar," she states in a matter-of-fact voice, happy and mirthful. "I was really starting to miss you."

Then a knock comes at the door! And Tina smells coffee. She calls back, "C'mon in! Don't expect me to get up." Fettina sits up a little and covers herself with some of Kirk's sheets.

[Gullara]

[Kirk's Room]

Oh dear. Dena already knew about this. She must've seen Tina on her way in. Well, looks like she isn't taking issue to he and Fettina's activities. She wasn't supposed to, but you never know. "Yes yes, come on in." Kirk sits up a bit before Dena comes in.

[Shadowcaller]

[Kirk's Room]

The rogue slowly opens the door and peeks her head inside to take a look before entering fully. "I see that you struggled to resist Tina's vile charms Kirky, it must have been a true battle of minds." She remarks while sitting down at the bed and placing the tray of coffee in the middle for the others to take. "How long did he last before falling into temptation Tina? An hour? Two?" She smiles wryly while speaking, her eyes never looking away from the other drow.

[Murkus]

[Kirk's Room]

"Vile charms? Is that how he described them?" Tina waggles her eyebrows at the both of them before turning on her coffee. She sips at the steaming brew and grins. "Ohhhh... thirty seconds or so. It must've been a record."

[Gullara]

[Kirk's Room]

Kirk gives Dena a look that says, 'What are you up to?' He's in good humour about it, though. "She truly is wicked. Her methods are unfair at best. She did ambush me with my pants down. Literally." Kirk takes a coffee himself and takes a sip.

[Shadowcaller]

[Kirk's Room]

Dena have her cup as well, taking a little sip before replying to Kirk, letting him swallow that sip of coffee of his first. "You disappointed me Kirky, here you are taking a drink handed to you from the drow woman whose trust you just betrayed? It's like you never lived in the underdark at all." She then turns to Tina. "I am envious of him though, the only thing that showed up after I taken a shower were two furry ninja lesbians who came and threatened me in my naked state. True story that."

[Murkus]

[Kirk's Room]

"Oh yes, ever the wicked seductress, that's me," Tina 'agrees', rolling her eyes without the grin ever leaving her face. Oddly enough, she's never really been that good at seducing people - they usually make it pretty easy. Case in point. "Don't be too hard on him, Dena. He made it pretty rough. I'm sure when he was yanking my pants down, he meant it as 'get out've here'."

When Dena mentions her post-shower encounter, Tina asks, "Well? Did you seduce them at least?"

[Gullara]

[Kirk's Room]

Kirk sputters a little bit and takes a moment to clear his throat. Damn woman. Can't even sleep around without her taking the opportunity to take jabs at him. He probably deserves it for doing this at NO, though.

"Actually, if I remember right. They managed subdue her and get some information out of her. I'd have expected a drow woman to be able to handle herself better. It's like she never lived in the underdark at all." He looks at Dena with that last statement and gives her a little smirk.

[Lost_Deep]

NO Office-Inside

A short, rather mousy man in a coat walks in, and looks for someone to talk to. He doesn't seem like the mercenary type... more likely to be the kind of man that provides the jobs than finishes them.

[Shadowcaller]

[Kirk's Room]

"Hey, I gave away that information freely. I didn't like my employer and he sure didn't pay me to keep quiet. I was doing them a favor, nothing else. We women need to stay together after all, can't trust them men-folk." Dena declares as she scoots over to Tina's side of the bed. "I didn't seduce them though, even if one of them looked into me. I just don't roll that way."

[Murkus]

((Sorry LD, I would plotclone Tina, but she doesn't even work or live here. ))

[Kirk's Room]

"Yeah, sister, solidarity," Tina jokes lazily, turning her smile on Dena. She looks a little bit disappointed when the drow mentions how she rolls. The neon-eyed girl arches her knees up and lays back against one of Kirk's pillows, relaxing a bit. She sips at her coffee, thinking, and then asks, "So, are you two, like, together? How's that work?"

[Morty]

NO Office-Inside

A short, rather mousy man in a coat walks in, and looks for someone to talk to. He doesn't seem like the mercenary type... more likely to be the kind of man that provides the jobs than finishes them.

The man is met by a humanoid bird, curiously enough, dressed in a well-tailored suit.

"Welcome to NO. How may we be of service?"

Must be one of the clerks that take care of the place if no member is available.

[Lost_Deep]

NO Office-Inside

"I am here to arrange a job," The man says, "An escort to be specific. What do I have to fill out, and who do I have to talk to?"

[Morty]

NO Office-Inside

"I am here to arrange a job," The man says, "An escort to be specific. What do I have to fill out, and who do I have to talk to?"

"That depends, sir," the Tengu replies. "Do you wish the job to be available to license holders, or an NO-exclusive one?"

[Lost_Deep]

NO Office-Inside

The man thinks a minute. "Due to the sensitive nature of some of the information, I would prefer it to be NO-exclusive." He's sure there's some rule about not spreading the info around, but full members are more likely to follow it than mere license-holders.

[Morty]

[NO Office-Inside]

"Very well, I will patch you through to the boss," the clerk says, before punching some numbers into a nearby phone. After a while, Dipsnig's voice rings out of the machine.

"Dipsnig Razortooth speaking. I understand you're in our Inside office about a contract."

[Lost_Deep]

NO Office-Inside

"I would like to set up an escort for a shipment through an area of the red zone. I'm not comfortable saying what the cargo is over a non-secured line, but suffice to say it is not illegal, or actively harmful to the surrounding area, and only violate under specific circumstances." That's a very specific set of parameters.

[Morty]

[NO Office-Inside]

"I see. How much danger do you expect and how many members would you like to accompany you and secure the cargo?" Dipsnig asks. He doesn't really care what the cargo is, so long as it won't kill his people.

[Gullara]

[Kirk's Room]

Well she sure figured that out quickly. Is it something about how they act? Kirk didn't think their day to day interaction was any different than usual. "Yeah, that's right. I'd say it works pretty good." Kirk doesn't really elaborate. Not right now at least.

[Shadowcaller]

[Kirk's Room]

Dena shrugs. "It haven't been all that long yet." She glances at Kirk. "Hard to tell yet, we haven't really worked out the kinks how it's supposed to work."

[Murkus]

[Kirk's Room]

Tina took a guess, to be perfectly honest. NO's kind've in the middle of nowhere, Dena was joking about Kirk's betrayal of trust, they are both drow... Not that the last bit matters to either party, but it's easy to see them together.

"Well, cool," Tina says, expression remaining friendly but neutral. Not sure what to say on this subject. She looks down at the remains of her coffee. Tina raises her eyebrows at Dena and asks, "...And this is okay?"

The pianist gestures at the state of Kirk's bed, and herself, rather vaguely. Dena seemed cool about it, but you never know. Plus Dena surely knows about Tina and Kirk dating prior - before the neon girl screwed it up.

[Lost_Deep]

NO Office-Inside

"We've been harassed by a gang. So far it's been typical gang members, typical weapons, some crude cybernetics. They're pretty organized, but they don't seem to be unusually well-armed. I think that two members should do, as long as they're dangerous."

[Gullara]

[Kirk's Room]

"Well the coffee isn't poisoned after all." Kirk says, in a way to answer, but he'll let Dena actually answer that one. He does drink more coffee to illustrate his point, though.

[Shadowcaller]

[Kirk's Room]

"I don't really expect Kirk to tie himself up like that and I'm not exactly that kind of person either. Maybe that could happen later on but right now we just decided on having an open relationship." Dena replies, "But really Kirky, do you think I'll poison you right in front of Tina? Please." She shakes her head.

[Morty]

NO Office-Inside

"We've been harassed by a gang. So far it's been typical gang members, typical weapons, some crude cybernetics. They're pretty organized, but they don't seem to be unusually well-armed. I think that two members should do, as long as they're dangerous."

"I see. Please fill out a contract form and leave it with the clerk. I'll find some members who can do this job."

[Murkus]

[Kirk's Room]

"Welp, it was nice knowing you Kirky," Tina reaches out to pat the drow on his shoulder, barely keeping a straight face. "Women everywhere will mourn your passing."

[Lost_Deep]

NO Office-Inside

"Right away. However, I have an offer of unusual payment that you might need to clear. I'm offering ((A bit below average)) for this job, but we only NEED about 80% of the shipment. If you can deliver the whole shipment, or at least more than 80%, you get any extra. you can either use it or sell it. It sells at about ((nice price)) per unit."

[Morty]

[NO Office-Inside]

"That's unusual," Dipsnig says. "But acceptable. Please fill out a contract form and I'll get back to you when I've gathered enough people."

[Lost_Deep]

NO Office-Inside

"Right away," The guy will say, and unless Dipsnig has more to say, he will hang up and fill it out.

Job Description: Escort delivery of valuable material to a drop-off point, notably through a red zone of inside.
Contract Type: NO Member Contract
Hired by: A group of scientists (Lost_Deep)
Target: The drop-off point, outside of inside (Lost_Deep)
Payment: Below average base pay (May vary depending on level of success). Bonus: if more than 80% of the shipment arrives at the drop site, NO keeps the extra.
Notes: Known enemies operate within the red zone, danger outside of red zone is unlikely, but payment will only be delivered once the shipment arrives at the destination point.

[Gullara]

[Kirk's Room]

"I don't really expect Kirk to tie himself up like that and I'm not exactly that kind of person either. Maybe that could happen later on but right now we just decided on having an open relationship." Dena replies, "But really Kirky, do you think I'll poison you right in front of Tina? Please." She shakes her head.

[Kirk's Room]

"Welp, it was nice knowing you Kirky," Tina reaches out to pat the drow on his shoulder, barely keeping a straight face. "Women everywhere will mourn your passing."

[Kirk's Room]

Oh dear, 'Kirky'. Did she pick that up from Dena or something? The drow shakes his head at the two women. "Oh don't worry, I'm sure I can convince you with the antidote when it comes to that. I can be very persuasive, you know." Kirk waggles his eyebrows suggestively at Dena.